The 6-foot-3, 251-pounder once was a three-star defensive end out of Gibsonia, Pa. in 2010. But his career has since been derailed by seemingly interminable instability.

Jordan Paskorz

But that's about to change, as he enters his second season at tight end and seems to have fought his way into the rotation as a blocking specialist.

"He’s kind of been a man with no country, because he’s played a lot of different positions," coach Brady Hoke said last week, when asked about the tight ends in general. "He was on defense, we put him on offense, he went back to defense, he was a defensive end, he was a linebacker.

"What I like is, we settled him into that position and I think he can be a guy who gives us a little more on-the-line-of-scrimmage movement. That’s exciting."

Paskorz, despite playing offense and defense, has yet to appear in a game on offense or defense. Now a redshirt junior, that could change as he fills a blocking role similar to the one played last year by then-senior Mike Kwiatkowski.

That means Michigan could roll four deep at the position, with Funchess the primary pass-catcher, Williams and Paskorz blocking specialists and Butt a hybrid of the two.

"I know we think Jake Butt is a very talented young man," Hoke said. "Like his development, like his demeanor, really like his development in spring. He’s bigger."